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Topic Area: Lobster Co-management Law
Much of the success is due to effective management policies such as the minimum size law, the oversize measure, and the V-notch program. Since 1948, fishermen have voluntarily put notches in the tails of egg-bearing females; it is illegal to possess lobsters carrying the notch (Taylor, 1998). Yet many lobstermen in the industry felt that this was not ...
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Crabbing
Should you catch a sponge (egg-bearing) crab, the law requires you to return it to the water immediately. All crabs, with the ... the estuary. Upon maturation, there is a definite preference of males for low salinity water and females for high salinity areas of the Sound. Adult crabs are omnivorous, feeding upon a variety of plant ...
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Euroturtle
Data received over a period allows for tracking a turtles movement patterns and swimming speed. Usually, satellite transmitters are attached to gravid (egg bearing) females that come ashore to nest. Tracking has provided important information on migration routes between breeding and foraging (feeding) habitats. Length of tracking depends upon how long the ...
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Euroturtle
Data received over a period allows for tracking a turtles movement patterns and swimming speed. Usually, satellite transmitters are attached to gravid (egg bearing) females that come ashore to nest. Tracking has provided important information on migration routes between breeding and foraging (feeding) habitats. Length of tracking depends upon how long the ...
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Amphibian Articles - Introduction to the Lifecycle of Newts
(Paramesotriton, Cynops, Neurergus, Triturus, etc.), nuptial pads for gripping females in amplexus (Notophthalmus), and more. The photo at top-right depicts a male Triturus vittatus ... a female Triturus cristatus, who is carefully folding a leaf tip over a freshly deposited egg. Females will produce several dozen to several hundred eggs in one season, usually depositing them ...
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Research
Click on each stage for more information about TLCs current research projects. Life History Stage Threats Current Regulations TLC Contribution TLC Project Funding Source Egg Disease Climate Change Landing egg-bearing females prohibited in all locations Landing lobsters >127 mm CL prohibited in most state waters V-notch rule Identification of critical habitat Mapping Spawning and Hatching ...
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Egg
Egg-bearing females are marked as breeders and then cannot be landed in waters with v-notch ... first and second time breeders remain local spawning and hatching in near shore locations, while larger females travel greater distances and are responsible for longer distance larval dispersal. This project is funded by ...
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Research for Fisheries Management
To help answer these questions, a NURP-funded study surveyed lobster distribution and abundance where egg-bearing females had been previously caught in deep waters along Maine's coast. Using an ROV, two sites were identified with high ...
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